Get around

Stark County Regional Transit Authority (SARTA), tel: +1 330-454-6132, [3]. $1/.50/Free (Adults/Seniors, Disabled, Students 6-18/Children under 6). SARTA provides reliable service throughout Stark County. Buses on main routes generally depart each stop every hour. The Alliance route is available on SARTA's website [4].

See

Glamorgan Castle, 200 Glamorgan Street, ☎''+1'' 330-821-2100, [1]. Tours M-F: 2PM. Castle built between 1904 and 1909. It is currently owned by Alliance City Schools and houses their administrative offices, but tours are still available.$3/1 (Adults/Children under 12).

Haines House Underground Railroad Museum, 186 West Market St., Alliance, tel: +1 330-829-4668, [5]. Open the first weekend of the month: Sa 10AM-12PM; Su 1PM-3PM. The Haines House was a former stop on the Underground Railroad.

Learn

Buy

Carnation Mall, 2500 West State St, tel: +1 330-821-4447, [10]. Open M-Sa 10AM-9PM, Su 12PM-5PM. Major stores in the mall include JC Penney, Elder-Beerman, and Goody's. Also in the mall is a Cinemark Theater.

Green Farms, 12495 State St (West end of State St., near SR62), tel: +1 330-821-4597. Open year round. Sells fresh produce, some bulk foods, and has a mini-nursery.

Get out

Amish Country centered in Holmes County to the southwest of Stark County.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park[13]. Located primarily north of Canton, this park follows the course of the Cuyahoga River and the historic Ohio & Erie Canal between Cleveland, Akron and Canton. A number of older buildings are preserved here. The Cuyahoga Scenic Railroad, with train cars from the 1940's and 1950's also runs through the park from Cleveland to Akron and Canton. The Canal Byway extends from Lake Erie in Downtown Cleveland through the southern suburbs past Akron, Canton, New Philadelphia and into rural Bolivar and Historic Zoar.